noblewoman

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A monk named Paschalis devotes his life to a biography of the noncanonical saint Wilgefortis, a venerated Christian noblewoman who grew a beard to vouchsafe her chastity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

In Hamlet, Ophelia, his wife, a young noblewoman from Denmark, goes mad and drowns.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

Such a malaise is natural for anyone, but Sawai may have been still letting go of Mariko, her doomed noblewoman and the heart and soul of FX’s “Shōgun.”

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2024

As a noblewoman of that era, Mariko is also proficient with a naginata, a long-bladed polearm akin to a spear, and has occasion to wield it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2024

On his journey from Milan, he stayed with a wealthy noblewoman named Isabella d’Este.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day